---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-22-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T04:20:13.867087+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG Industries Director John V. Faraci Retires at 2022 Annual Meeting; Shareholders Approve Annual Election of Directors

## Summary
- Director John V. Faraci retired effective April 21, 2022, under the company's age-72 retirement policy.
- Shareholders elected four directors (Heminger, Ligocki, McGarry, Nally) to terms expiring 2025.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with ~180.3M votes for vs 9.6M against.
- Proposal to amend articles for annual director election passed with ~189.5M votes for (exceeds 80% threshold).
- Proposal to eliminate supermajority voting requirements failed to reach 80% threshold; meeting adjourned to May 9, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-22-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987922000027/0000079879-22-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987922000027/ppg-20220421.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-22-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-22-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-22-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John V. Faraci retired as Director at PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: John V. Faraci turned 72 before the 2022 Annual Meeting and in accordance with this requirement Mr. Faraci retired from the Company’s Board of Directors, effective at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987922000027/0000079879-22-000027-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.